Tales From Two Pockets - Softcover

Capek, Karel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0945774257 ISBN 13: 9780945774259

Publisher: Catbird Press, 1994

Synopsis

Capek wrote 48 stories that deconstruct the mystery story by breaking one rule here, three rules there, and yet also make for wonderful reading. His unique approaches to the mysteries of justice and truth are full of the ordinary and the extraordinary, humor and humanism.

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Review:

"Capek's delightfully inventive tales . . . stretch the detective story to its limits and, in the process, tell us much about the mysteries of human existence." --The New York Times Book Review

"One of the Best Books of 1994." --Publishers Weekly

"It's time to read Capek again for his insouciant laughter, and the anguish of human blindness that lies beneath it."

From the Publisher:

Truly Unique, Classic Mystery Tales
The great Czech writer Karel Capek's unique approaches to the mysteries of justice and truth are full of twists and turns, the ordinary and the extraordinary, humor and humanism. "Capek's delightfully inventive tales ... stretch the detective story to its limits and, in the process, tell us much about the mysteries of human existence." --N. Y. Times Book Review "One of the Best Books of 1994." --Publishers Weekly Best known for creating the literary robot in his 1920 play *R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots),* Capek wrote two volumes of stories that played with all the rules of the still young mystery genre (this was 1929). They're funny, sad, sometimes frightening. And you never know where they're going!

About this edition

• Publisher: Catbird Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0945774257
• ISBN 13: 9780945774259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 365